The Weimar Republic

The Spartakist Uprising

-Began by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (left wing uprising)-Turned a socialist group, Spartakists League into a German communist party-Tried to take over Berlin in January 1919-Brutally put down by the Freikorps-Luxemburg and Liebknecht murdered to send a message to the population

The Kapp Putsch, 1920

-In German Putsch stands Coup d'etat-Freikorps are asked to disband-Treaty of versailles (100,000 army)-Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920-German workers save Weimar Republic from Kapp Putsch- General strike (city shuts down)

The Freikorps

The Freikorps- Free corps-were unemployed army officers who volunteered an the militia

The Weimar Republic

-Democratic Government formed after WWI-First Chancellor is Friedrich Ebert until 1925-Many people feel the government's constitution was its downfall-People were mad that they followed the Treaty of Versailles

Hyper Infaltion

*Caused by:-Need to pay reparations-Unemployment-Refusal of workers to work in Ruhr region*Leads to-French Occupation of region in 1923 (of the Ruhr region)-New Reichsmark-1924, Dawes Plan comes in to solve this problem